WSOCTV.com - Weather - 7 People Missing After Water Overruns Kauai Dam
WSOCTV.com - Weather - 7 People Missing After Water Overruns Kauai Dam: "7 People Missing After Water Overruns Kauai Dam
Search For Survivors Under Way
POSTED: 4:21 pm EST March 14, 2006
UPDATED: 4:29 pm EST March 14, 2006
HONOLULU -- Teams from multiple agencies are working to find at least seven people reported missing after a dam was overrun on Kauai's North Shore Tuesday morning.
The Kaloko Dam overfilled after heavy rains pounded the area overnight, causing flooding on an already saturated island, and closing roads on the Garden Isle's north shore.
The Kauai Fire Department called on the U.S. Coast Guard to help with the search for seven people who may have been swept away when water plunged over the dam.
Officials said that dispatched a C-130 search plane and a helicopter to look for the missing people in the Kilauea Stream, which feeds into Kilauea Bay.
Officials closed Kuhio Highway between Hanalei and Princeville early Tuesday morning. Crews also closed the highway at Wailapa Road, east of Kilauea. Kauai County Civil Defense says the nearby Waiakalua Reservoir overflowed mauka of the highway."
Search For Survivors Under Way
POSTED: 4:21 pm EST March 14, 2006
UPDATED: 4:29 pm EST March 14, 2006
HONOLULU -- Teams from multiple agencies are working to find at least seven people reported missing after a dam was overrun on Kauai's North Shore Tuesday morning.
The Kaloko Dam overfilled after heavy rains pounded the area overnight, causing flooding on an already saturated island, and closing roads on the Garden Isle's north shore.
The Kauai Fire Department called on the U.S. Coast Guard to help with the search for seven people who may have been swept away when water plunged over the dam.
Officials said that dispatched a C-130 search plane and a helicopter to look for the missing people in the Kilauea Stream, which feeds into Kilauea Bay.
Officials closed Kuhio Highway between Hanalei and Princeville early Tuesday morning. Crews also closed the highway at Wailapa Road, east of Kilauea. Kauai County Civil Defense says the nearby Waiakalua Reservoir overflowed mauka of the highway."
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